[download for full size]If there was one thing about 2017 I’ll look fondly on it was getting my steampunk graphic novel completed. Thanks again for all the support. Please +follow & look forward to many more projects in the coming year!

I kept the style (and cast) relatively based on the existing graphic novel, though I think if I ever do another splash image it will reflect more on the animation cast + style.

(and there's always the possibility I'd do another SSnPP graphic novel in a different style with a more expanded cast). But this one in particular reflects on the past 8 (eight!!?) years of work I put in.

Well, considering this is reflecting those past 8 years of work, it makes sense to me to reflect the graphic novel's style and cast! And then you can do whatever other kind of splash image you like in the future based on what you've worked on and shared in the meantime.

There's a part of me that reeeeally want to go "WELP, THAT WAS A GOOD TRIAL RUN. TIME TO TELL IT CORRECTLY."

I mean, I learned soooo much about story writing over the past few years, the temptation to redo is always going to be there. I promised I'd only do a hard reboot if I get picked up by a publisher. Otherwise best to move on to the next thing.

Yes. Yes it reminds me of that old chestnut too. ¦Dc I try to limit myself to using that particular color comp once a year. (at least I did this one on Dec. 21st, so any relation to the changing of the seasons is fitting??)